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Netflix is about to launch SCOOP, a brand new biopic film having a look behind the scenes of the BBC Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew and Emily Maitlis on April fifth, 2024. Here’s the most recent on every thing that you must know.
The new film can be a “behind-the-scenes account” of the well-known interview that aired on BBC Newsnight on November sixteenth, 2019. Prince Andrew was interviewed by veteran journalist Emily Maitlis and addressed latest and rising allegations that related him to Jeffrey Epstein.
SCOOP takes a take a look at how the BBC scored the interview, which had profound results on the longer term function of Prince Andrew inside the Royal Family and the continued case surrounding convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
Based on the account supplied by producer Sam McAlister and her memoir Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews. Per GoodReads, right here’s what the ebook, first printed in July 2022, is about:
“She is the lady who clinched the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew, described as ‘a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion’.
After 12 years producing content material for Newsnight, Sam McAlister displays with candour on her expertise, sharing not simply the secrets and techniques of how the very best information will get made, but additionally the modifications to the BBC, the way forward for ‘mainstream media’ within the age of clickbait and the function of energy and privilege in shaping our media panorama.”
Netflix’s logline for the challenge expands additional, speaking concerning the themes you possibly can anticipate:
“SCOOP is the insider account of the inner workings of the Palace and the BBC, twin bastions of the British Establishment, spotlighting the journalists whose tenacity and guts broke through the highest of ceilings – and into the inner sanctum and calculations of a man with everything to lose.”
As a primer, the total interview stays out there on the BBC News YouTube Channel, which has over 8.5 million views and might be discovered embedded under:
Netflix first introduced the challenge in February 2023, coinciding with the function movie heading into manufacturing. The challenge had been in improvement earlier than the Netflix pickup. Deadline first reported in 2022 that the script was being developed by Peter Moffat, with the challenge initially deliberate to start filming in November 2022 and had eyed Hugh Grant for a lead function (which he subsequently denied).
At the time of getting picked up, Sam McAlister stated:
“It is beyond my wildest dreams, especially as a first time writer, to end up working with this extraordinary cast, Netflix, and the amazing teams at The Lighthouse and Voltage. Watching Billie Piper, one of my favourite actresses, play “me” can be a pinch myself second and I’m actually thrilled to be concerned on this movie.”
Who is within the forged for Netflix’s Scoop?
Pictured: Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell
Four forged members have been confirmed to star within the film to date.
- Gillian Anderson (Sex Education, The Crown, The Fall) will play Emily Maitlis, Newsnight’s former lead presenter and now a bunch for the podcast The News Agents for Global Radio.
- Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard, Stonehouse, It’s a Sin) will play Amanda Thrisk, the previous Private Secretary to Prince Andrew.
- Billie Piper (I Hate Suzie, Doctor Who) will play Sam McAlister, the BBC producer who scored the reserving.
- Rufus Sewell (Netflix’s upcoming collection The Diplomat, The Father, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) will star as Prince Andrew.
Rounding out the forged contains:
- Romola Garai (Atonement) as Esme Wren
- Aoife Hinds (Normal People) as Rebecca
- Richard Goulding (Me Before You) as Stewart Maclean
- Gavin Spokes (House of the Dragon) as Mark Harrison
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Picture: Netflix
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Who’s behind Netflix’s Scoop?
Emmy and BAFTA winner Philip Martin – Picture: Getty Images
Emmy and BAFTA winner Philip Martin is connected to direct the challenge. He’s beforehand labored on Night Sky for Prime Video and Catherine the Great for HBO.
Martin can also be no stranger to masking the Royal Family on display screen, given he’s served as government producer on a number of seasons of Netflix’s multi-award-winning collection The Crown. He’s additionally directed a number of episodes.
In an announcement, Martin commented on the brand new film, saying:
“I’m thrilled to be directing this film for Netflix and – together with an extraordinary cast – to be bringing Sam McAlister’s revelatory insider’s account to the screen. Uptempo, immersive and cinematic, I want to put the audience inside the breath-taking sequence of events that led to the interview with Prince Andrew – to tell a story about a search for answers, in a world of speculation and varying recollections. It’s a film about power, privilege and differing perspectives and how – whether in glittering palaces or hi-tech newsrooms – we judge what’s true.”
SCOOP is produced by Hilary Salmon and Radford Neville (Luther, MomFatherSon) for The Lighthouse Film & Television, with Sanjay Singhal (Trouble at Topshop) for Voltage TV.
When will SCOOP be launched on Netflix?
As revealed solely by This Morning on ITV – SCOOP will debut on Netflix globally on April fifth, 2024.
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